An Australian teenager's simple idea that would allow a complete quadriplegic to control a wheelchair by voice has earned her international recognition and a top science award for school students, handed out by Commonwealth science agency CSIRO.

The Robot Launch Pad's insight:

16 yr old Yaya Lu documents her 8 years of robotics competitions and her learning journery at her website yayalu.net . She is a complete champion.

"Blurred lines. One of the most transformative periods in the robotics industry is upon us. It will be a period of collaboration, connectivity and convergence that will catapult us into a world teeming with automation in every aspect of our lives. It’s already here in many forms. Our smartphones, our smart appliances, all the sensors in our cars. We just take them for granted."

The Robot Launch Pad's insight:

Plenty of examples of interesting and transformative new robotics startups and developments.

We live in an era of unprecedented change. Technological advancement is a key driver of this change, and robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) are set to make a huge impact on cross-sector innovation and growth.

The NTSB issued a much-awaited decision today that will surely be a disappointment to many drone enthusiasts, ruling that Federal Aviation Administration rules that apply to manned aircraft apply to unmanned aircraft or drones. The NTSB reversed a law judge's ruling in favor of Raphael Pirker and remanded the case [...]

The Robot Launch Pad's insight:

via Robert Morris, CEO TerrAvion:

The NTSB, as expected in the aviation law community, but not the drone community, overturned Pirker. This means as the law stands now, UAS have to comply with all FAA regulations and puts an end to the speculation that the FAA was exceeding its authority in regulating UAS because they were not aircraft.

You may have heard about the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) quietly declaring that this year's Super Bowl will be a "no drone zone." You may not have heard just how big that no drone zone will be. It's 60 miles wide. The no drone zone is larger than the city of Phoenix. Seems a little bit absurd, huh?

Very insightful analysis of the economics of AI, although I differ with the idea that the actuation not the autonomy is the ultimate moral issue. In robotics or physical systems, it's the intent not the technology that constitutes the moral issue.

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